国土安全部负责公共事务的助理部长安德鲁·米汉在周五的一份声明中证实，在华盛顿特区国土安全部大楼的三楼发现了一块手绘的纳粹标记。
“这种仇恨和怯懦的表现并不代表国土安全部的勤劳男女，”米汉说。“在一个不知疲倦地保护美国人民并打击各种形式的仇恨的组织中，它没有任何地位。情况立即被提交给监察长办公室，目前正在[调查]以确保迅速和纠正行动被采取。“
CNN 首先报道了这一消息，该消息获得了情报和分析办公室副部长Brian Murphy的内部电子邮件，据报道该电子邮件被发送给该大楼的一些工作人员。
“不幸的是，今天手绘的纳粹标志位于三楼，”墨菲写道。“首先，我想重复一下（情报和分析副局长David Glawe），局长和该部门的许多其他人在过去曾说过：在工作场所没有空间存在这种仇恨的象征。对于那些归咎于（原文如此）的人来说，在工作场所没有空间。我已经与目前在以色列的USIA Glawe进行了交流，他对所发生的事情感到厌恶。“
根据美国有线电视新闻网的报道，墨菲概述了他正在采取的几个步骤来解决这一事件，其中包括将纳粹记录删除和查询可能是目击者的工作人员。
在美国教育部的一名非洲裔美国职员办公室遭到破坏后几周，就出现了涂鸦。据报道，非洲艺术俑被发现头部被切断，四肢分离。学校废除种族隔离海报显然也被污损了。
一名员工向Murphy的电子邮件发送了大量回复，似乎是一个偶然的回复 - 所有这些都称发展为“精神错乱”。
据美国有线电视新闻网报道，该员工写道：“好像领导真正关心”。“我想我不应该感到惊讶。”
墨菲显然大步批评了批评，反过来又回复了整个受众群体：“我很关心。”
根据司法统计局编制的数据，自2011年以来，报告的仇恨犯罪数量激增。八年前，估计已向警方报告了77,000起仇恨犯罪事件。到2017年，这个数字飙升至超过107,000。
根据追踪美国各地反犹太主义活动的AMCHA倡议，2018年在大学校园发现了大约100个万字符和其他极端主义的反犹太言论。2017年，该小组记录的数字超过150个。
A hand-drawn swastika was discovered scrawled on the third floor of a Department of Homeland Security building in Washington, D.C., acting DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Andrew Meehan confirmed in a statement Friday.
"This display of hate and cowardice does not represent the dedicated hardworking men and women of the Department of Homeland Security," Meehan said. "It has no place in an organization that works tirelessly to protect the American people and combat hate in all its forms. The situation was immediately referred to the Office of the Inspector General and is currently being [investigated] to ensure that swift and corrective action is taken."
The news was first reported by CNN, which obtained an internal e-mail from Brian Murphy, a deputy undersecretary in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, that was reportedly sent to some staffers in the building.
"Unfortunately, today a hand drawn swastika was located on the third floor," Murphy wrote. "First, I want to repeat what (Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis David Glawe), the Secretary, and many others in the Department have said in the past: there is no room in the workplace for such symbols of hate. And there is no room in the workplace for those who ascribe (sic) to such a thing. I have communicated with USIA Glawe, who is currently in Israel, and he is disgusted by what has happened."
According to the CNN report, Murphy outlined several steps he was taking to address the incident, which included the swastika's removal and inquiries to staffers who may have been eyewitnesses.
The graffiti appeared just weeks after an African American staffer's office in the Department of Education was vandalized. African art figurines were reportedly discovered with severed heads and detached limbs. A school desegregation poster was apparently defaced as well.
One employee sent a mass response to Murphy's e-mail, seemingly an accidental reply-all, calling the development "insanity."
"As if leadership really cares," the employee wrote, according to CNN. "I guess I should not be surprised."
Murphy apparently took the criticism in stride, in turn replying to the entire group of recipients: "I do care."
The number of reported hate crimes has surged since 2011, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Eight years ago, 77,000 hate crime incidents were estimated to have been reported to police. By 2017, that number had surged to more than 107,000.
According to the AMCHA Initiative, which tracks anti-Semitic activity across the United States, around 100 swastikas and other extremist anti-Jewish expressions were discovered on college campuses in 2018. In 2017, the number documented by the group was over 150.
